1. (n.) A little ring.

2. (n.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

3. (n.) A little circle borne as a charge.

4. (n.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

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